A destructive fire broke out, on Sunday night, in the
stabling of Mr.
Horner, Coal Harbour Lane, Camberwell Green ; and a strong wind blowing from the north-east, the fire communicated to several stacks of bay. Three were entirely consumed, and considerable damage done to three others. The horses and coach were saved. Several of the New London fire-engines arrived before eleven from town; and an abundant supply of water being obtained, the mansion, was. saved. The property is insured in the Sun. No doubt can be entertained but that it was the work of an incendiary; as Mr. Horner stated none of his domes- tics had been to the .stable with a light sinno Saturday night. The damage is estimated at 800/.
The cellars.belonging to the Globe .Wine Vaults, at the corner of Great .Titchfield Street, were set on fire on Tuesday morning. It was occasioned by the cellarman taking a lighted candle into the cellar to as- certain where a leak had sprung in a large cistern of rum ; in an instant the rum flew up like gunpowder or gas, and the man was dreadfully burnt before he could be extricated. A fireman of the County Fire- office, when the place was filled with fire and smoke, rushed into the bar and broke open a desk, from which, at the imminent peril of his life, he succeeded in saving three hundred sovereigns. The whole of the lower part of the premises (which, as well as the stock, was insured in the Sun Fire-office) was destoyed before the fire was extinguished. . Betwen nine and ten on Sunday night, it was discovered that a casket containing jewellery of between five and six hundred pounds value had been taken off the toilet-table of Mrs. Lovibond of Manchester Square, which had been seen safe a short time before. No one was known to have entered or left the house between the time of its being seen and the discovery of its loss. The Police were sent for, and an examination took place ; but nothing could be elicited from any one to give the slightest suspicion as to the guilty party.
An extensive robbery ofjewellery was committed on Thursday week, JD at the house of Mr. Andrew A. Mieville, Russell Square. The :family had that evening returned from Brighton ; and it is supposed that while the servants were unloading the carriage, some person slipped unperceived into the house ; and making their way up to the bed. room, .carried off a quantity of jewellery, consisting of necklaces, brooches, gold chains, watches, rings, crosses set with various precious stones, and other articles, to a considerable amount in value. An officer was sent for, but all endeavours to trace either the property or the party proved unsuccessful.
Several shopkeepers in Pimlico have lately had their windows smashed by discharges from air-guns ; but the offenders have not been detected.
A young woman was engaged in cleaning a window on the first floor i
of a house in Earl Street, Edgeware Road, on Thursday morning, when her foot slipped,' and she fell into the area. She was taken to the hos- pital in a dangerous state, having received a severe wound on her head, which rendered her insensible.
Ruth Taylor, the wife of a blacksmith at Blackwell, killed herself on Monday, by taking a quantity of oil of vitriol, which had been re- commended to her as a cure for rheumatism. The poor woman died in great agony. ,
An inquest was held on Thursday, on the body of a man of colour, i a cripple, who was found wandering in the streets on Tuesday morning, and conveyed to the Westminster Hospital ; where, by direction of two of the nurses, he was placed on a rug before the fire, and on which he remained.till half-past nine o'clock, when he was found to be dead. He Was not seen by the resident surgeon until half an hour before this event took plaee;.'the nurses having taken upon themselves to act on their belief_that the man was merely cold and intoxicated, and that it was not necessary to disturb the house-surgeon. The case excited great interest iri the neighbourhood, and the Secretary of the Hospital Was in attendance to watch the proceedings. Several witnesses having been examined, the Jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased died from the want of the common necessaries of life." A conversation followed, as to whether they should accompany their verdict by a vote of censure : but it was finally- agreed not, as it did not appear that the nurses could have had any idea of the actual state of the man, and it was in evidence he made no complaint.
An inquest washeld at the London Hospital, yesterday week, on the body of a middle-aged:female, name unknown. Shortly after her death, the parish constable was informed that she had two daughters living in Cannon Place, Mile End Road.- The constable went to the young women ; who, on hearing of the death of their mother, proceeded to the workhouse, where the body lay ; and on seeing it, they both instantly exclaimed, " Oh, its our mother,, our poor dear mother !" and, clinging about the corpse, cried most bitterly. Aftergiving way to their feelings, they went to the house of a respectable undertaker, and gave directions that a shell might ,be sent to the workhouse. On their way home, however, they met with their mother, who was as well as usual. Their mistake was certainly a singular one.
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